I don't believe you would be able to import the Joomla 1.0.15 database directly into the most recent version of Joomla and have it work.
Set up a VM with LAMP of XAMPP or WAMP - you may need to make sure you have the same versions of MYSQL and PHP as on the current host server. Install the current site on the VM with the exported files and get it working. Snapshot or backup the VM. Research the upgrade path on the Joomla site and upgrade step by step, making snapshots or backups after each successful upgrade. You will most likely run in to a problem of the current version 1.x template not working with newer versions of Joomla, so you may need to find updated versions of the template or find an alternative. You may also run into problems with any plugins or extensions they have installed - again newer versions or alternatives may need to be installed along the way. The goal would be to get the VM updated to the same versions of Joomla, MYSQL and PHP that are on the target host. At that point it is trivial to transfer it to the new host. Depending on the complexity of the web site it may be easier and cleaner to just recreated it directly in a newer version. -----Original Message----- From: Laurence [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 4:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Joomla site move Hi All I’m new to Joomla so please forgive any glaring idiocies I have a new client who have a Joomla based site, the site being on Joomla version 1.0.15, the current web hosts are less than helpful and so the client wants to move his site away to another hosting provider the current hosting provider will not allow access to the site control panel for FTP access nor access to the MySQL control panel for backups. but will zip up the site files and database backup and send them across question: can I set up a new hosting provider with latest versions of Joomla, MySQL etc. and just copy in the site files and restore the database I know I will have to tweak the database connection from Joomla to the MySQL db but will the rest just copy over I’m going to set this up in the lab before trying it live thank you Laurence ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
